Any avid Rap Aficionado probably is familiar with D.I.T.C., the collective originated in The Bronx by mainstays Showbiz & AG, Lord Finesse & Diamond D and, along the way, incorporated fellow Bronx Bombers Fat Joe & the always reliable producer Buckwild, Brooklyn rhyme animal O.C. & the late, great, Harlem-born, Big L.

All of them delivered must-have albums throughout the 90's and towards the end of that decade combined forces to release a series of collectible 12-inches such as "Day One", "The Enemy", "All Love" & "Put It In Your System"

A full-length album was up next and by Feb. 2000 released on Tommy Boy records, but -although well-received-, somehow felt like it lacked focus, probably due to trials & tribulations such as Big L's tragic death a year before.

A vinyl release called "The Official Version" was released later in 2000 on Fat Beats records, but unfortunately omitted essential tracks too, making for a not totally satisfying listen, moreover not doin' truly justice to the incredibility of this crew.

What I tried to do here is assemble the great stuff from the aforementioned 12-inches, posse cuts from either solo albums or other artists' albums (such as "The Club" from Tony Toca's "The Piecemaker" album) and loosies from over those years, in an effort to create the quintessential D.I.T.C. album from that era, although I took the liberty to also add some dope, latter day, material, to round things up for the best of results.

D.I.T.C. always kept one foot firmly in the Boom Bap underground, Fat Joe probably is the most commercially viable exponent out of the whole crew, but do some research on any of its members and you'll find out they're involved in some of the biggest(-selling)albums in Rap, such as "The Score" (Fugees), "Ready To Die" (BIG), "The Documentary" (The Game), "Capital Punishment" (Pun), as well as singles by Black Rob ("Whoa!") KRS ("Sound Of Da Police"), amongst others.

O.C. probably said it best in "Time Travel" > "... Can't point fingers for the gift we was givin'...No neglectin' past mistakes, back to correct 'em."

So there.



Tracklist:

1.     Lord Finesse Intro
2.    Day One
3.    Thick
4.    Way Of Life
5.    The Club (ft. Kid Capri, Party Arty & Tony Touch)
6.    Get Yours
7.     All Love
8.    What I Represent
9.    Five Fingaz Of Death
10.  Put It In Your System
11.   Internationally Known
12.  Time To Get This Money
13.  Down For The Underground
14.  Underground Life (ft. The Ghetto Dwellas)
15.  Dignified Soldiers
16.  The Enemy
17.  Time Travel
18.  There Will Be Blood (ft. Grand Puba, Sadat X & Celph Titled)
19.  Tribute
..


Track 2 produced by Diamond
Tracks 3 & 16 produced by DJ Premier
Tracks 4, 5 ,6, 10, 11 & 15 produced by Show
Tracks 7,10, 14 & 17 produced by Lord Finesse
Tracks 8, 13 & 18 produced by Buckwild
Track 9 produced by Kid Capri
Tracks 12 & 19 produced by Amed

Leroy Rey's Album

D.I.T.C. - "Diggin' In The Crates"

DJ since 1992 / Producer / Musicologist / 
Record Nerd / Father of two
Platform: Steppin' Into Tomorrow
Project: Cosmos Nucleus
Label: Wicked Wax
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04/10: De Lievelinge, Vuren (NL)
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2024:

14/09: Discotuin @ Pip, Den Haag (NL)
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2023:

09/12:  Weerd, Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
25/11:  Melodious Mosaic, Lille (Fra)
10/11:  NAR, Utrecht (NL)
04/11: Amsterdam Soul Night, A'dam (NL)
20-22/10: ADE Events, Amsterdam (NL)
23/09: Private Event, Casablanca (MOR)
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27/05: 30 Yr DJ Anniversary All-Nighter, Doka (NL)